So what we wanna do here is quickly cover best practice when it comes to making your own fertilizer, and for this, we spoke to another agronomist, Manuel Mata from Colombia.

Mi nombre es Manuel Mata.

Yo soy ingeniero agrónomo egresado de la Universidad de Magdalena.

If your compost pile has a foul, rotten odor, Manuel says the decomposition process is happening incorrectly.

Cuando uno siente mal olor es porque la descomposición de la pulpa es de forma incorrecta.

If your compost pile has a foul, rotten odor, Manuel says the decomposition process is happening incorrectly.

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Manuel explains that the foul smell is actually coming from the center of the pile, the part that isn't getting enough air.

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